Challenges and Solutions to Implementing Texas STARgate, an Online Professional Development Portal for K-12 Teachers
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Martha Peet, John Rice, Lemoyne Dunn, Keith Restine, Louise Keeton, Texas Center for Educational Technology, United States
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Lugano, Switzerland ISBN 978-1-880094-53-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
Texas STARgate is an online professional development portal for K-12 teachers in Texas schools. A Texas technology center experienced a variety of challenges in the design, delivery, and support of this portal. This paper examines the challenges and solutions developed to deliver this portal to a growing number of school districts. Examination of the solutions should provide critical information for other organizations desiring to implement similar online professional development portals.
Citation
Peet, M., Rice, J., Dunn, L., Restine, K. & Keeton, L. (2004). Challenges and Solutions to Implementing Texas STARgate, an Online Professional Development Portal for K-12 Teachers. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 5048-5053). Lugano, Switzerland: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 13, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/11789/.
© 2004 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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